Candle-holder.



M. KNORPL CANDLE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 17, 1913.

1,1 10,796. I Patented Sept. 15,1914! nwrrnn s'ra'rns PATENT. oration.

MAX KNORPP, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO KNORPP CANDY COMPANY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

CANDLE-HOLDER.

Application filed February 17, 191.3.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAX KNORPP, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in New York, in the borough of Brooklyn,

county of Kings, and State of New York,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Candle-Holders. of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved candle-holder to be used as an ornament for Cakes. tarts and other articles of pastry, by which the candle is held in a very effective manner, and which can be furnished at a considerable less expense than the ornamental candle-holders heretofore in use; and for this purpose the invention consists of a candle-holder comprising an exterior ornamental flower of composition-paste or other suitable material and an interior socket formed of a helically-wound wire, which is integral with a pin that passes through the center of the exterior flower-shaped portion for being inserted into the cake or other ar-.

ticle.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a side-elevation of my improved candle-holder, Fig. 2 1s a vertical central section of'the samefand Fig. 3 is a detail exterior hollow body of my improved candle-holder. The body a is made of composition-paste, in imitation of a rose or other flower. In the cavity of the body a is arranged a socket I), which is made of vclosely helically-bent wire, that is bent inwardly at its lower end and then in downward direction so as to form a stem or pin 0 for the candle-holder by whlch the same is inserted into the cake or other article to be ornamented thereby. The connection of the exterior-body a with the socket b is made by forming the composition-paste around the upper end of the stem 0 adjacent to the socket and around the socket b, so as to pro- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept-15, rare.

Serial No. 748,879.

duce the firm connection of the flowershaped body a with the socket and pin.

By making the stem 0 integral with the socket 7) the strains of use exerted longitudinally on the stem are taken up jointly by the socket and the stem, and thereby the life of the plasti body is prolonged and the security of the connection between the socket, stem and plastic body is preserved. The body a. strengthens the socket and forms a firm and reliable reinforcement of the same and of the upper part of the stem and of the bent portion of the wire, whereby socket and stem are joined, and thereby renders the device extremely durable.

Any .desired ornamental shape may be given to the exterior body, while the onepiece socket and stem may be bent by a special, machine, so as to be ready for applying the exterior flower-shaped body thereto. Owing to the small angular spaces formed by the convolutions of the wire socket, the intimate connection of the socket with the flower-shaped body is obtained, in connection with the embedding of the inwardly-extending lower portion 6 and of the stem into the lower portion of the same.

The candle-holder may also be used for Christmas-tree candles, in which case, however, a shorter and pointed stem for applying the candle-holder to the limbs of the tree would be provided. Themain purpose of the candle-holder, however, is its use for of the ornamental body, the top of the Wire socket being substantially flush with the top of the ornamental body socket, said wire being bent at the lower end of the socket radially and horizontally inwardly to thecentral part of the wire socket, and fitting snugly the bottom of the socket of the ornamental body, and then bent to extend out- Wardly away from the Wire socket longias my invention, I have signed my name in tudinally thereof in' a strailght-line extenpresence of two subscribing witnesses. sion forming a stem integra with the Wire I socket, and extending through the bottom MAX KNORPP' 5 of the ornamental body for securing the Witnesses: Wire socket and ornamental body together. PAUL GoEPEL,

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing JOHN MURTAGH. 

